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About Pat Benatar

About Pat Benatar

The rock legend with a powerhouse voice, Pat Benatar stormed the musical scene with her Grammy Award-winning album "Crimes of Passion." She has won Grammy Awards for her singles "Fire and Ice," "Shadows of the Night" and "Love is a Battlefield," has gold certified albums such as "Crimes of Passion," "Seven the Hard Way" and "Wide Awake in Dreamland" to her name. Pat Betanar tickets for any fan are prized possessions.

Born Patricia Andrzejewski and raised on Long Island, Benatar was a regular in the New York City area by the 1970's. She was discovered at the Catch a Rising Star club and ultimately signed by Chrysalis Records. In no time at all, she established herself as one of rock's best vocalists, scoring hits with radio favorites like "Heartbreaker" and "I Need a Lover" (penned by John Mellencamp).

It was 1980's "Crimes of Passion" that truly made her a star, and Benatar just kept churning out one memorable cut after another. There was "Hit Me Your Best Shot," "Treat Me Right," and "You Better Run," and the next thing you know Benatar was selling out arenas across the United States. She also became one of the most-played artists on MTV, but by the end of the decade had all but disappeared from television and radio.

Benatar turned to blues and R&B for 1991's "True Love," but it failed to make a splash. She went back to her arena rock sound for 1993's "Gravity's Rainbow," and has churned out countless hits collections. She has released just one album of new material since 1997's "Innamorata," which was 2003's "Go." It barely cracked the top 200 albums in the U.S., landing at No. 187.